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glacial_queen ([personal profile] glacial_queen) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2009-08-19 12:31 pm

The Preserve, Wednesday Afternoon

There were things one might consider to be cookies at the reserve today. Might, if one had an iron stomach or an entire bottle of Tums handy to deal with them after managing to choke one down.

Merlin was faaar too chipper about them, though. Because he baked something. With Karla, but they managed it somehow!

"Good morning! Today we will be talking about how to communicate with each other in case of emergency and any ways you all have to do so magically." A beat. " And I suppose the cell phones are also a bit like magic."

Nevermind that now, Merlin.

"So please, share if you have any particular way that we all might learn!"

He looked to Karla to see what she had to say on the matter.

"Among my people, we can speak on what we call psychic threads," Karla said, also beaming proudly at the lump of black and gray 'cookies' on the table. She had baked!

And it had only been a small fire, anyhow. Ish.

"The good thing about psychic threads is that you aren't limited to a single person. I could send a thought to Merlin on a a thread specifically meant for him, or to a group, or all males, or, back home, all people of a specific Jewel rank, or to anyone at all who can hear me."

"But there are other forms of communication, too. If you're in an emergency and you don't or can't worry about enemies, something as simple as a flare of magic can pinpoint people to your location. There are messages that can be triggered by a specific use of magic so that anyone else who sees the message will be confronted by a blank sheet until the spell is cast."

"What are some other ways you can communicate magically? I'm wary to trust my cellphone. It stopped working in Kaeleer without warning, so it could happen anytime."

It didn't help that Kaeleer has neither satellites or cellphone towers, but that was far beyond Karla's understanding.

"After we've discussed our options, we're going to play a small game. There are a pile of handwavy messages on that table over there," she said, pointing to the pile of foled note cards next to the totally delicious looking cookies she and Merlin had brought. There were also blank notecards and pencils nearby. "Grab a partner and a message and try to communicate magically."

She grinned at them again. "And don't forget to eat the cookies!" she chirped.

Do it. Don't let the kitchen's sacrifice be in vain.

[Written with [livejournal.com profile] bigdamndestiny. Eat the cookies. Doooo it. You know you want to. You can eat them while you're waiting for the OCD is up!]
trigons_child: (Considering)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] trigons_child 2009-08-19 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
As she had promised Merlin, Raven had brought some tea. It was a blend of peppermint, licorice root, fennel seed, ginger, cardamon, and coriander that was designed to sooth the stomach. It was quite likely going to be needed.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] stylin-wizard.livejournal.com 2009-08-19 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex decided to try out the cookies. With some coffee to wash it down, of course. Cookies always tasted better when accompanied with coffee, at least in Alex's experience.
trigons_child: (Looking straight ahead)

Re: Brainstorm Ideas

[personal profile] trigons_child 2009-08-19 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am able to do a form of astral projection," Raven said quietly. "I can send my Soul-Self away from my body, even if I have been confined. I have only a limited time I can be separated from my body, but enough that I can fly across the island and speak to someone. I am able to see and hear and experience all that my Soul-Self does and speak through it as well."
thatsamilkshake: (worried)

Re: OOC

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-08-19 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
FRANCINE IS NOT TOUCHING THE COOKIES BUT ONLY SO IT DOESN'T SPOIL THE SURPRISE LATER ON.
thatsamilkshake: (reading)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-08-19 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Francine would be...waaaaay back. Taking notes. But far enough away that she didn't spot the cookies on the table.

Not that she'd have realized they were cookies if she had.

life_inshadow: ([neu] are you kidding?)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-19 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Tara was grateful she wasn't hungry. It made the cookies much easier to ignore.
trigons_child: (Worried)

Re: OOC

[personal profile] trigons_child 2009-08-19 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Did Merlin bake himself into the cookies?
life_inshadow: ([pos] shyest smile)

Re: Brainstorm Ideas

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-19 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"There are spells for telepathy," Tara said. "S-sending and receiving. But you need serious power to pull them off in my world."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] future_sandworm 2009-08-19 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Leto was just there to see how the magical reserves were doing, and he studied the cookies a little suspiciously.
future_sandworm: (smile again)

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[personal profile] future_sandworm 2009-08-19 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Karla had been visiting her home, he knew, and he hadn't had the opportunity to talk to her since she got back. This wasn't the best time, Leto knew, but he smiled at her and raised a hand in greeting.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] oops-mbad.livejournal.com 2009-08-19 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Diana was not insane enough to try going near the cookies, but she was still there.

Re: Brainstorm Ideas

[identity profile] oops-mbad.livejournal.com 2009-08-19 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can call anyone, even if I don't know their phone number." Diana paused. "Or they don't own a phone."
life_inshadow: ([neu] by starlight - text)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-19 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I haven't seen you since the sleeping thing," Tara remarked as she wandered back toward Francine. (How much of that was about avoiding the evil cookies was open to interpretation.) "H-how have you been?"
thatsamilkshake: (smiley)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-08-19 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi!" Francine looked up from her notebook - which mostly had pictures of cupcakes in it, shut up, it was the one thing she could draw and there weren't many notes she could take about sending magical messages - and smiled. "Okay. Well, way better since then. How about you?"
life_inshadow: ([neu] this is what i think)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] life_inshadow 2009-08-19 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Um, I was a potted violet but I got better?" Tara said with a little shrug that tried to get somewhere near nonchalant. "Other than that it's been ... yeah. Better since then. I can't believe my last class for the summer is tomorrow."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-08-19 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mine too. Driver's Ed." It took Francine a moment to remember how recently Tara had arrived here, given how much time seemed to have been packed into the last month or so. "Are you staying for regular school?"
future_sandworm: (talking)

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[personal profile] future_sandworm 2009-08-19 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"A present?" He grinned back, but didn't try to hide that it surprised him. "I hope your visit home was enjoyable."

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